One of the trains at Chevron’s Gorgon gas plant has been hit by an outage, with the repairs estimated to take weeks.
One of the trains at Chevron’s Gorgon gas plant has been hit by an outage, with the repairs estimated to take weeks.
The oil and gas giant confirmed there has been an outage on Train 2 at its Gorgon liquefied natural gas plant on Barrow island.
The project comprises a three-train, 15.6 million tonnes per annum LNG facility and a domestic gas plant to supply 300 terajoules of gas daily to Western Australia.
A Chevron Australia spokesperson told Business News the fault occurred in a turbine about 3pm on April 30.
“Chevron Australia is working to resume full production from the Gorgon Gas Facility following a mechanical fault which is affecting one LNG production train,” the spokesperson said.
“There were no injuries or impacts to personnel associated with the fault.
“Repair activities have commenced and are expected to take a number of weeks.”
The spokesperson said domestic gas and the remaining two LNG production trains at Gorgon were unaffected and were producing at full rates.
“Relevant stakeholders have been notified and we will continue to keep them informed as we complete the repair work and safely resume full production,” they said.
The Gorgon stage two project reached first gas in May 2023.
Last month, Chevron reported its financials which shows progress on the Jansz-Io compression project, being on track for first gas in 2027 and expected to maintain Gorgon’s supply long term.
